Tree Snapped Off by the Earthquake, Santa Cruz Mountains

C. Stover U.S. Geological Survey

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The trunk of a living tree that was snapped off about three meters above the ground by the intense ground shaking. The tree was near the intersection of Stetson Road and Soquel-San Jose Road in the Santa Cruz Mountains in the vicinity of the epicenter.

The magnitude 7.1 earthquake occurred near Loma Prieta in the Santa Cruz mountains. Movement occurred along a 40-km segment of the San Andreas fault from southwest of Los Gatos to north of San Juan Bautista.